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International Space Station Finally Gets Real Coffee

posted by martyb on Thursday April 16 2015, @11:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the look-what's-brewing-on-the-ISS dept.

Imagine starting your day without any coffee. Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, Tim Hortons and vany other chains thrive on our coffee addiction. Add to that the fact that many of us have already had a cup or two even before venturing out to get a cup from one of those chains. Well, an Anonymous Coward has written in to tell us of some hard-working folks who had to give up real coffee for months at a time!

For years, the hard-working astronauts aboard the ISS had to begin their day with freeze-dried, reconstituted coffee served in plastic pouches. Now, this gross injustice may finally be remedied. The resupply mission scheduled to be launched today (Tuesday) will carry a new model of space espresso maker. Manufactured by Lavazza and the Italian aerospace firm Argotec, the machine is specially designed for microgravity operation, and uses off-the-shelf Lavazza coffee packets.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday April 16 2015, @05:13PM

    by Freeman (732) on Thursday April 16 2015, @05:13PM (#171653) Journal

    Caffeine is reasonably safe in moderation. I wouldn't call 4 cups of coffee in the morning and 4 cups of coffee in the afternoon moderation. A cup of coffee in the morning and a cup of coffee in the afternoon is moderation.

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday April 16 2015, @05:15PM

    by Freeman (732) on Thursday April 16 2015, @05:15PM (#171655) Journal

    I'm not saying that you should drink any coffee after having heart trouble or having signs of heart trouble. As I'm sure your doctor told you to stop drinking coffee since it's a stimulant.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @09:27PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 16 2015, @09:27PM (#171737)

      True - didn't think you were implying that..... And I didn't mean to imply that a couple cups a day is harmful - I certainly had other issues that helped trigger the heart attack as well.

      But even though I miss it and still use decaf as a substitute, the surgery did indeed end my days of using caffeine. (And, conversely, I don't *need* the caffeine any longer, either, which is the stage I'd reached before the heart attack.)